IC 3439
IC 3439
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
311 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 311 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3439 as it looked roughly 311 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 3377Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 3300Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4555Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 3362Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 3421Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3300Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 4555Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 3362Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 3421Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral10 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).